diff --git a/selfdrive/car/ford/tests/print_platform_codes.py b/selfdrive/car/ford/tests/print_platform_codes.py
index 2d41d7394f..1468c811b9 100755
--- a/selfdrive/car/ford/tests/print_platform_codes.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/ford/tests/print_platform_codes.py
@@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ ECU_NAME = {v: k for k, v in Ecu.schema.enumerants.items()}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+  cars_for_code: defaultdict = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(set))
+
   for car_model, ecus in FW_VERSIONS.items():
     print(car_model)
     for ecu in sorted(ecus, key=lambda x: int(x[0])):
       platform_codes = get_platform_codes(ecus[ecu])
-
-      code_versions = defaultdict(set)
-      for code, version in platform_codes:
-        code_versions[code].add(version)
+      for code in platform_codes:
+        cars_for_code[ecu][code].update({ car_model })
 
       print(f'  (Ecu.{ECU_NAME[ecu[0]]}, {hex(ecu[1])}, {ecu[2]}):')
-      for code, versions in code_versions.items():
-        print(f'    {code.decode()}: {sorted({ version.decode() for version in versions })}')
+      print(f'    Codes: {platform_codes}')
     print()
+
+  print('\nCar models vs. platform codes:')
+  for ecu, codes in cars_for_code.items():
+    print(f'  (Ecu.{ECU_NAME[ecu[0]]}, {hex(ecu[1])}, {ecu[2]}):')
+    for code, cars in codes.items():
+      print(f'    {code!r}: {sorted(map(str, cars))}')
diff --git a/selfdrive/car/ford/values.py b/selfdrive/car/ford/values.py
index 2980eecf43..1ce3aeef64 100644
--- a/selfdrive/car/ford/values.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/ford/values.py
@@ -150,28 +150,21 @@ CANFD_CAR = {CAR.F_150_MK14, CAR.F_150_LIGHTNING_MK1, CAR.MUSTANG_MACH_E_MK1}
 # 2 = Platform hint
 # 3 = Part number (effectively maps to ECU)
 # 4 = Software version (reset to AA for each model year)
-# https://regexr.com/7qu7h
 FW_ALPHABET = b'A-HJ-NP-VX-Z'
 FW_RE = re.compile(b'^(?P<model_year>[' + FW_ALPHABET + b'])' +
                    b'(?P<platform_hint>[0-9' + FW_ALPHABET + b']{3})-' +
                    b'(?P<part_number>[0-9' + FW_ALPHABET + b']{5,6})-' +
-                   b'(?P<software_version>[' + FW_ALPHABET + b']{2,})$')
+                   b'(?P<revision>[' + FW_ALPHABET + b']{2,})$')
 
 
-def get_platform_codes(fw_versions: list[bytes]) -> set[tuple[bytes, bytes]]:
-  codes = set()  # (platform_hint, model_year-software_version)
+def get_platform_codes(fw_versions: list[bytes]) -> set[bytes]:
+  codes = set()  # platform_hint-model_year
 
   for firmware in fw_versions:
     m = FW_RE.match(firmware.rstrip(b'\0'))
     if m is None:
       continue
-
-    # since "AAA" is higher than "ZZ", prepend "A" to two-letter versions (i.e. "ZZ" -> "AZZ")
-    software_version = (b'A' + m.group('software_version'))[-3:]
-
-    code = m.group('platform_hint')
-    version = b'-'.join([m.group('model_year'), software_version])
-    codes.add((code, version))
+    codes.add(b'-'.join([m.group('platform_hint'), m.group('model_year')]))
 
   return codes